Shortly after the emperor and his follower General Cao left, another strong man came to the battlefield.
The Varun Empire is divided into four major territories, with an imperial capital in the middle occupying the most advantageous position on the entire planet.
At the same time, the four major territories are like four great guards guarding the central city.
In terms of geographical area, the area of the four major territories is naturally much larger than that of the Imperial Capital.
Not to mention four, just the western plain from Hansheng Pass is more than twice the size of the imperial capital.
I don’t know why the geography of this planet is so flat.
Except for the imperial capital, which is located on the plateau, the other four major territories of southeast, northwest and northwest are all flat plains.
Beyond the four major plains surrounding this continent are endless mountains.
Occasionally, there are places that are not surrounded by mountains, but are actually borders of the four major territories. They are the kind of areas that need to be guarded by troops.
There are four major passes: Hansheng, Genshan, Xuanwu, and Yifeng.
That's how it came into being.
In fact, the original four major barriers were just a formalism. After all, the emperor of the empire had already eliminated most of the hidden dangers.
Only a small number of die-hard elements who were loyal to the royal families of the small countries who were wiped out refused to surrender and chose to flee overseas.
The four major passes correspond to the four exits to the sea. Initially, they were just to prevent these people from sneaking back into the empire to cause havoc.
So the initial effect is not that big.
Until one day thirty years ago, four dazzling auroras fell from the sky and landed outside the four major passes.
I don’t know if the imperial court has foresight or what.
Long before Aurora fell, the four generals who guarded the gates had been arranged in advance and given enough food, grass and troops. The only requirement was that they must defend these four gates.
You must know that before this, Sidaguan was just a small border city, no different from the most ordinary and ordinary sea port.
No proof is even required for entry and exit, people can come and go freely at any time.
Since then, orders have come from the imperial capital one after another. While these four small ports have continued to grow, the border walls that were originally built with only half a manpower have also been built higher and higher, and the materials have also changed from the original ones. The lumps of earth were replaced by solid wood, and then a mud-water wall made of gravel.
But now, what makes up this magnificent pass is a giant city wall that is more than thirty meters high and more than one meter thick, made up of huge stones piled one after another.
This is no longer something ordinary human beings can do.
In the end, the imperial capital even sent craftsmen from the Ministry of Heavenly Works who had strange books to add bricks and tiles to the newly built city wall, making it even more unbreakable.
But even so, in the long years of fighting, this city wall still inevitably suffered a lot of damage.
Looking at the scarred city wall, as well as a large section that had been broken off to reveal the battle taking place inside, a trace of unbearability flashed in the man's eyes.
However, he quickly calmed down this emotion, cheered up, and rushed towards the center of the battlefield.
The first person I saw was a combat team responsible for cleaning up the street fighting.
This combat team belongs to the elite troops of the Hanshengguan Border Army.
Different from ordinary soldiers, all the members of this team are masters with at least the level of captain.
The levels of the Valen Empire can be roughly divided into three levels.
Human level, earth level, heaven level.
Among them, the lowest human levels are centurion, thousands of captains and ten thousand enemies.
Most of the generals are at the peak level of the human level, where ten thousand enemies can be defeated.
Further up is the prefecture level.
The levels divided are different from the human level. Although they are also calculated based on destructive power, in this high martial world, it is obvious that the earth level cannot be divided by humans.
They are moving mountains, filling seas, and the highest one is chasing the sun.
There are no specific levels for the higher heaven levels, and they are collectively called natural disaster levels.
That is, the highest-end combat effectiveness in this world of high martial arts. Of course, they are both at the natural disaster level, and everyone's combat effectiveness is different.
For example, His Majesty the Emperor has a very rare dual talent natural disaster level.
This kind of existence is the strongest even among the natural disaster level.
Because the natural disaster level is rare, and there are even fewer people who can reach this level with both talents. Although His Majesty the Emperor rarely takes action, everyone takes it for granted that he is the strongest person in the world.
As a combat team whose main purpose is to clean up scattered enemy troops, there is no doubt about the combat effectiveness of each member of the team.
You must know that they used to be members of the personal guard guarding Chen Han.
Later, as the war progressed, Chen Han felt that he did not need this team to stay with him at all.
On the contrary, letting this team go to the battlefield can play a greater role.
So arrangements were made.
Although this was not in compliance with the regulations of the imperial court, under the intense war situation, there was not much to worry about.
What's more, Chen Han himself is not a very disciplined person, and since the sky is high and the emperor is far away, he naturally doesn't think there is anything wrong with this.
Even Master Liu of the Western Plains Prefecture did not say anything, so naturally others would not have any objections.
"Master Liu! Why are you here too?"
The captain of the team is named Zhang Yunfei, a master at the peak of the human level and at the level of Captain Ten Thousands.
Generally, human-level masters will have their own weapons that they are good at. Most people choose practical swords. On the battlefield, they more often use spears and crossbows.
This Zhang Yunfei's weapon is somewhat special.
He used a iron bolas.
This is a hidden weapon that belongs to the rope system. It has two iron balls with metal spikes in the front. The iron rope is about five feet long. It shines under the hot sun. It is obviously not ordinary.
"Where are your adults?"
Liu Chengyong had an expressionless face and looked worried. He didn't answer and asked a question instead.
He was actually not in the mood to chat with these soldiers, but after walking around he didn't see where Chen Shengzhi was, so he had no choice but to ask.
"Aren't my adults there?"
Zhang Yuncheng was stunned for a moment, then involuntarily stretched out his finger.
It was the area where Li Yi and the two fought.
"There?"
Liu Chengyong couldn't help but frowned. This time he arrived first, in order to find Chen Shengzhi to discuss countermeasures first.
Unexpectedly, it was a step too late.
The enemy has already invaded.
This is not the most important thing.
What matters is the leader of the enemy!
He can feel that this enemy is very strong!
Although I don’t know exactly how strong it is.
But he asked himself that if he went up to fight alone, he might not be able to take advantage.
This is the conclusion he came to after observing for a while after arriving.
Because this situation can be clearly seen now.
No matter how many of these ordinary soldiers are killed, it will be of no avail.
The soldiers on the other side seemed to have no consciousness. Even if they knew they would die, they would rush forward without hesitation.
These ordinary soldiers of the enemy seemed to have no concept of fear of death at all.
That's not even the most important thing.
If you are just brave and not afraid of death, then just kill them all. Nowadays, this kind of battlefield is life and death, and there is no possibility of retreating.
But the personal strength of these ordinary soldiers of the enemy is indeed extremely powerful.
It’s not like Liu Chengyong has never seen it before.
Although these ordinary soldiers are nothing to him, a prefecture-level master.
But the number of strong people on the human side is still too small!
Take the Western Plains Mansion as an example. There are no more than ten human-level masters in the whole mansion who can take advantage of them.
They also include some martial arts masters who are not affiliated with the imperial court.
And the other party has as many as seventeen masters who have surpassed the prefecture level!
The number of masters completely overwhelmed the entire Western Plains Prefecture!
If there wasn't a Sun-level Chen Shengzhi in Xiansheng Pass, I'm afraid the enemy would be able to crush them just by relying on the number of masters.
As for those soldiers, in fact, in addition to serving as cannon fodder, their more important role is to massacre civilians to create panic.
This is also the usual method used by these foreign invaders.
When they discovered that massacre could quickly reduce the morale of the human side, whenever there was an opportunity to break through the defense line, these Damans would not hesitate to release these cannon fodder soldiers to massacre civilians.
For the border, once the city wall is breached, it means that an inhumane massacre is about to begin.
Humans have also used many methods.
For example, once a war breaks out, civilians and their families will choose to evacuate under the protection of dedicated soldiers.
However, this is not safe and can easily be targeted. However, if the opponent sends a large number of masters, they will soon discover this.
But ordinary soldiers and civilians have almost no room for resistance when faced with an enemy that is so powerful and so fast.
Therefore, since then, the families of officers and soldiers from the four plains have chosen to stay in the imperial capital.
But not everyone's family members are eligible to stay in the imperial capital.
If everyone's family members leave, it can indeed boost morale to a certain extent. After all, there will be no worries.
But that also means that the defenders at the four major border gates will become a lone army to a certain extent.
This is obviously unrealistic.
In view of this situation, the imperial court came up with the idea of relying on military merit in exchange for the family's qualifications to stay in the imperial capital, which finally alleviated this problem to a certain extent.
But that also brought new problems.
"Sir, what are you doing?"
Seeing that Liu Chengyong didn't speak or make any move for a long time, Zhang Yuncheng was not only puzzled but also a little angry.
It’s already this time, what are you still thinking about?
Don’t you even know how to help?
Although I only dare to say these words in my heart, after all, the position in front of me is theoretically one level higher than their general.
But his expression still betrayed his dissatisfaction.
As a result, Liu Chengyong said something somewhat inexplicable.
"How come I don't recognize that's your general?"
